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This thing looked pretty good and relatively inexpensive. They had quite a few in stock. I only saw one plasma there and it was only 750 but it looked like garbage. I expect it to look dim but it looked grainy as hell too.
 

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This looked terrible. Costco lighting but still bad.
 

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bodyman5000 and 1 said:
This looked terrible. Costco lighting but still bad.
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That's the one I saw. It didn't look great to me either, but then I saw the same one at Best Buy and it looked much better. It's hard the gauge when a lot of time they don't do any calibration on the TV's.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
I would recommend a Panasonic Viera plasma if you can still find one; they stopped making them after last year, but they truly were the best TV out there. They have huge drawbacks in weight and heat (lots of both), but the pictures is fan-fucking-tastic.
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Any Panasonic plasma is going to be ridiculous. You can't fine them in stores anymore. They have them on Amazon, but they were like 3-5k because they are out of production. I might as well get a 4k TV at that price.
 
D-Rock said:
Any Panasonic plasma is going to be ridiculous. You can't fine them in stores anymore. They have them on Amazon, but they were like 3-5k because they are out of production. I might as well get a 4k TV at that price.
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Where are you located? I have a slightly used one I would part with for much cheaper than that. As much as I love it, I don't hardly watch movies on it anymore, so I might as well get a TV that doesn't set off my AC all the time.
 
How about this?

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D-Rock said:
That's the one I saw. It didn't look great to me either, but then I saw the same one at Best Buy and it looked much better. It's hard the gauge when a lot of time they don't do any calibration on the TV's.
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That was my initial thought but the words on screen looked fuzzy compared to other tvs with the same feed. Brightness issues I expected, but fuzzy logos aren't what I think of as something calibration will fix. I was close to all of them, so your viewing distance makes a difference I suppose. A 5 inch change to 60 shouldn't be too much of a shock. We went from 50 to a 60 plasma I returned and then got a 55 inch panasonic led and we are fine.

Oh, that reminds me. If your room is smallish, I wonder about the buzz of Samsung plasmas. I haven't read up on the latest models but that is why I returned the 60...buzzzzzzz That was probably 2 years ago.
 
D-Rock said:
That's the one I saw. It didn't look great to me either, but then I saw the same one at Best Buy and it looked much better. It's hard the gauge when a lot of time they don't do any calibration on the TV's.
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I would also check the model numbers closely. I recall the big box stores models being slightly different. My Panasonic doesn't have game mode, but the best buy equivalent does. I never intended to game on it or I would have taken it back too
 
dell has these deals sometimes where they throw in gift cards, interesting if you have a laptop or monitor you are planning on getting anyways

60" samsung LCD smartTV with $300 gift card (add it to your cart and the gift card shows up) for $998
http://slickdeals.net/f/7142600-60-...rt-hdtv-300-dell-egift-card-998-free-shipping
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...0055-4485850-4588bd56d8f242a4a996c5b13543ad8b

also a vizio

http://slickdeals.net/f/7142576-60-...rt-hdtv-250-dell-egift-card-850-free-shipping

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...0055-1225267-f73cd0aced7a4de09e99ce06506cf2e2
 
They say you can't see the full 4K if you're more than 5 or 6 feet away from a 65" screen. However, it will look better than 1080P. I tested this in a Sony store today, in fact. That is, you won't see 4K resolution from 10 ft, but you will see it look like something in between 1080P and 4K. 2K, call it, or even 3K.

I've read that the curved displays offer zero in terms of functionality. In fact, they say if there's glare, it makes it worse.

This one gets pretty good reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN65H...&qid=1408934472&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+65+4k
 
BigGameDamian said:
Vizio TV's are still the best bang you can get for the cost of the TV though.
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Are they free, because the 10 percent savings doesn't seem worth buying an inferior tv. I don't read up on them anymore and statistics might prove me wrong but I have had 6 or 7 samsungs and panasonics over the last ten years and have never had a problem with any of them other than samsung plasma buzz.

The techs on avs forum used to say they were junk, that was all I needed to know to stay away from Vizio.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Where are you located? I have a slightly used one I would part with for much cheaper than that. As much as I love it, I don't hardly watch movies on it anymore, so I might as well get a TV that doesn't set off my AC all the time.
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Unfortunately, I moved from Portland to Utah last year, so I'm no where close.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
That was my initial thought but the words on screen looked fuzzy compared to other tvs with the same feed. Brightness issues I expected, but fuzzy logos aren't what I think of as something calibration will fix. I was close to all of them, so your viewing distance makes a difference I suppose. A 5 inch change to 60 shouldn't be too much of a shock. We went from 50 to a 60 plasma I returned and then got a 55 inch panasonic led and we are fine.

Oh, that reminds me. If your room is smallish, I wonder about the buzz of Samsung plasmas. I haven't read up on the latest models but that is why I returned the 60...buzzzzzzz That was probably 2 years ago.
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Huh... The one I saw at Best Buy looked great. Not sure why there would be an inconsistency like that. Although it is a smallish room, I'm not concerned about buzzing. The DLP that just crashed had a pretty significant buzz and I just got used to and ignored it. I've heard the buzzing problem on this model is hit and miss. Some say you have to be within 3 feet even when muted to hear the buzz, others say they can hear it from around 8 feet when it's quiet, but not when they're actually watching something.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Vizio TV's are still the best bang you can get for the cost of the TV though.
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I'm with bodyman on this. I'd say for most people the Vizio's are great for what you pay. If you're more of a videophile, then you should probably stay away.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I would also check the model numbers closely. I recall the big box stores models being slightly different. My Panasonic doesn't have game mode, but the best buy equivalent does. I never intended to game on it or I would have taken it back too
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I'll check again before buying anything, but I'm pretty sure both the Best Buy and the Costco version were the same model. I'm aware that they change the models sometimes. I got my blu ray player from Costco about 4-5 years ago and Costco was the only place that sold that particular model. Sadly, it already has problems with not being able to play certain blu rays (BBC Blue Planet and Batman Begins so far). I've checked for firmware updates and nothing seems to work.
 
Denny Crane said:
They say you can't see the full 4K if you're more than 5 or 6 feet away from a 65" screen. However, it will look better than 1080P. I tested this in a Sony store today, in fact. That is, you won't see 4K resolution from 10 ft, but you will see it look like something in between 1080P and 4K. 2K, call it, or even 3K.

I've read that the curved displays offer zero in terms of functionality. In fact, they say if there's glare, it makes it worse.

This one gets pretty good reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN65H...&qid=1408934472&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+65+4k
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Thx for that link.

I thought 4K were about 5,000. Your link shows one for about half that price. I'm getting my new TV in about 2-3 months, maybe if they drop to 2,000 range I pick one up.

Bodyman . . . what do you think about the Samsung UN65HU8550 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD 120Hz 3D Smart LED TV
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Thx for that link.

I thought 4K were about 5,000. Your link shows one for about half that price. I'm getting my new TV in about 2-3 months, maybe if they drop to 2,000 range I pick one up.

Bodyman . . . what do you think about the Samsung UN65HU8550 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD 120Hz 3D Smart LED TV
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I looked at a 4 K Samsung 65 inch curved screen in Costco yesterday and if I would have had a spare $2800 [on sale] it'd be hanging on my wall right now. Amazing!

Check out Avforums for user reviews on anything you're considering. They convinced me to snag the Panasonic Viera plasma last time I bought and still have no regrets.
 
Tweak said:
I looked at a 4 K Samsung 65 inch curved screen in Costco yesterday and if I would have had a spare $2800 [on sale] it'd be hanging on my wall right now. Amazing!

Check out Avforums for user reviews on anything you're considering. They convinced me to snag the Panasonic Viera plasma last time I bought and still have no regrets.
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2nd poster to mention AV forums. Got a link to a good one by any chance?
 
I suggest everyone finding their tvs off of that site and using their picture setting recommendations, it made my Samsung look so much better after being disappointed at the picture when i first got it.
 
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